Select letters of Christopher Columbus : with other original documents, relating to his four voyages to the New World by Christopher Columbus(
Book
)54
editions published
between
1847
and
2010
in
3
languages
and held by
458 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts
of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished
works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan,
to Russia and to Africa and India. Volume 2, published in 1847, consists of letters of Christopher Columbus to the Treasurer
of the King and Queen of

Letters from a new world : Amerigo Vespucci's Discovery of America by Amerigo Vespucci(
Book
)2
editions published
in
1992
in
English
and held by
408 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The letters of Amerigo Vespucci, one of the founding texts in the history of modern America, are published here in their entirety
for the first time in the English language. A selection of renaissance texts, including a letter by Christopher Columbus and
excerpts from Bartolome de Las Casas's History of the Indies, provides further insight into the debate around the Florentine
navigator's letters. A foreword by Garry Wills puts the debate in perspective for the contemporary reader

Journal of first voyage to America by Christopher Columbus(
Book
)9
editions published
between
1924
and
1971
in
English
and held by
402 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The journal of Christopher Columbus by Christopher Columbus(
Book
)31
editions published
between
1893
and
1989
in
English
and held by
352 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Columbus' Journal was the manuscript he presented to Ferdinand and Isabel on his return to Spain in 1493. It is the ship's
log-book containing the official record of his first voyage

Columbus on himself by Felipe Fernández-Armesto(
Book
)9
editions published
between
1992
and
2011
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
240 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Presents Columbus's self-perception and personal history, as far as possible, in his own words

Epistola de insulis nuper inventis by Christopher Columbus(
Book
)34
editions published
between
1493
and
1996
in
6
languages
and held by
185 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
The Columbus Letter of 1493 is the first printed European account of the New World. Originally written in Spanish, the letter
was translated into Latin to spread the news of Columbus' discovery all over Europe. He depicts the Native Americans, whom
he calls Indians, as kind and timid, willing to do much for little, and ready to convert to Christianity